Sweden’s Approach to COVID-19 in the context of a poised national self-image
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Data de Publicação: | 2022 |
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Resumo: | Abstract At the beginning of the Pandemic, Sweden took a different path from her Nordic neighbours and many other countries, namely by not implementing a “forced mass lockdown” or applying stringent restrictions. This paper sets out to examine Sweden’s national strategy for responding to COVID-19. This research seeks to address the extent to which the underlying concepts of Swedish “ethos” and “tradition” influenced or shaped the national strategy to avoid forced mass lockdown during the pandemic. To prevent an enforced lockdown to control the spread of COVID-19, the Swedish government presented a range of different measures, both “voluntary and legally binding”. The strategy employed by the Public Health Authority was based on notions of “individual responsibility” and “mutual trust” between the government and the citizenry. The guidelines were often ambiguous and left to individuals to interpret for themselves. |
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Sweden’s Approach to COVID-19 in the context of a poised national self-imageCOVID-19individual responsibilitymutual trustPublic Health AuthoritySwedenAbstract At the beginning of the Pandemic, Sweden took a different path from her Nordic neighbours and many other countries, namely by not implementing a “forced mass lockdown” or applying stringent restrictions. This paper sets out to examine Sweden’s national strategy for responding to COVID-19. This research seeks to address the extent to which the underlying concepts of Swedish “ethos” and “tradition” influenced or shaped the national strategy to avoid forced mass lockdown during the pandemic. To prevent an enforced lockdown to control the spread of COVID-19, the Swedish government presented a range of different measures, both “voluntary and legally binding”. The strategy employed by the Public Health Authority was based on notions of “individual responsibility” and “mutual trust” between the government and the citizenry. The guidelines were often ambiguous and left to individuals to interpret for themselves.Centro de Estudos Sociais2022-09-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2182-74352022000200061Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais n.128 2022reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttp://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2182-74352022000200061Kubai,Anneinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2024-02-06T17:28:47Zoai:scielo:S2182-74352022000200061Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T02:32:57.163479Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Sweden’s Approach to COVID-19 in the context of a poised national self-image |
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Sweden’s Approach to COVID-19 in the context of a poised national self-image |
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Sweden’s Approach to COVID-19 in the context of a poised national self-image Kubai,Anne COVID-19 individual responsibility mutual trust Public Health Authority Sweden |
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Sweden’s Approach to COVID-19 in the context of a poised national self-image |
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Sweden’s Approach to COVID-19 in the context of a poised national self-image |
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Sweden’s Approach to COVID-19 in the context of a poised national self-image |
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Kubai,Anne |
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Kubai,Anne |
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COVID-19 individual responsibility mutual trust Public Health Authority Sweden |
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COVID-19 individual responsibility mutual trust Public Health Authority Sweden |
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Abstract At the beginning of the Pandemic, Sweden took a different path from her Nordic neighbours and many other countries, namely by not implementing a “forced mass lockdown” or applying stringent restrictions. This paper sets out to examine Sweden’s national strategy for responding to COVID-19. This research seeks to address the extent to which the underlying concepts of Swedish “ethos” and “tradition” influenced or shaped the national strategy to avoid forced mass lockdown during the pandemic. To prevent an enforced lockdown to control the spread of COVID-19, the Swedish government presented a range of different measures, both “voluntary and legally binding”. The strategy employed by the Public Health Authority was based on notions of “individual responsibility” and “mutual trust” between the government and the citizenry. The guidelines were often ambiguous and left to individuals to interpret for themselves. |
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